Solid Waste Management in Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike

(BBMP)

City Statistics

Area: 800 sq km
Population(2008): 78 lakhs
Households: 25 lakhs
Commercial Properties: 3.5 lakhs
No of Zones: 8
No of Wards: 198

Estimated MSW generation Projection for 2009, from all sources for
BBMP zones is ~ 3000 tpd

Per capita waste ~ 350 grams per day (gmpd) (domestic waste)

Households contribute to ~ 54% percent of the total waste; Markets &
function halls contribute to 20% and commercial establishment &
institutions contribute to 17% and others 9%

Segregation of waste at source 10%

Composition of Municipal Solid Waste:

Physical composition of MSW (%)

Sl.no. Vegetable 0.30
1 Paper 0.09
2 Plastic 0.12
3 Cardboard 0.04
4 Textiles 0.04
5 Grass/leaves/wood 0.06
6 Leather 0.00
7 Battery 0.00
8 Electronic item 0.02
9 Metal 0.01
10 Organic 0.23
11 Glass 0.03
12 Debris 0.05
13 Biomedical 0.02
Total 1.00

Chemical composition of MSW (%)

Sl.no. Constituent/Property Minimum Maximum
1 C 13.00 42.60
2 N 0.28 1.23
3 P2O5 0.46 0.92
4 K2O 0.45 1.07
5 Moisture % 13.80 40.90
6 Bulk Density 341.00 491.00
7 Calorific Value 684.00 1240.00
(source:SWM Master plan 2008)

As per the Municipal Solid Waste Management rules 2000 BBMP is

responsible for taking the waste management as per the stipulation.

For Administrative purpose BBMP is divided into 8 zones, 3 zones in old

area(core area) & 5 zones in new area(adjacent 7 CMC’s & one TMC) .

 About 70% of the MSW (Municipal Solid waste) activity starting

from primary collection to disposal has been outsourced & 30% is
managed by BBMP
 There are about 4300 Pourakarmikas (Sweepers) of BBMP & 10000
Pourakarmikas (Sweepers) from contractor who performs Door to
Door collection & sweeping activities.
 In some of the area in the new zones the Door to Door collection
activity is entrusted to Self Help Groups (SHG’s). which are basically
below poverty women’s groups
 In some of the residential areas the Residential Welfare Associations
(RWA’s) are involved in Door to Door collection & decentralization
of composting the waste

Primary Collection(Door to Door collection)

 The primary collection is performed using pushcarts & auto tippers

 There are around 11000 pushcarts & 650 auto tippers for Door to Door
collection of waste.
 Waste is collected in the unsegregated form as segregation is not
practiced at source.
Secondary collection and Transportation

 There are about 600 MSW transportation vehicles including

Compactors, Tipper Lorries, Dumper placers & Mechanical Sweepers
both BBMP and contractors.
 The waste collected from the households is brought to a common point
ie., secondary locations from where the waste is shifted to the
treatment sites through compactors & tipper lorries.
 Segregation at source & the secondary storage is not happening hence
unsegregated waste reaches the processing plants.

Street Sweeping activity

 Street sweeping is performed both manually & mechanically. In some

of the highly commercial activity areas sweeping is done at night & in
the VIP areas the sweeping is done Mechanically. The street sweeping
 waste is carried along with the primary collection waste to the land fill
sites.

Decentralized processing plants

 Some of the areas where RWA’s are performing Door to Door

collection, the waste is segregated at source & the organic waste is
composted in the community in a small scale.
 BBMP has setup a 15 ton capacity decentralized plant to process
organic waste as well as recycle the plastic, metal etc
 BBMP has established an decentralizes one ton capacity aerobic
composting unit at Malleshwaram market (West Zone) using
organic waste convertor.

Dry waste collection centers

• Dry waste collection centers has been set up for recycling the dry
materials like plastic, paper, glass, metals etc

Processing & Disposal sites

In order to comply with MSW rules, The BBMP has setup processing &
Disposal facilities on PPP model. Following are the processing & disposing
facilities.
Sl. Name of the project Capacity of Technology adopted
no the plant
1 M/s Ramky 600 MTPD Aerobic Composting & scientific
land fill
2 M/s S.G.R.R.L 1000 Waste to energy (Presently
MTPD composting & land filling the
inert & combustible. material are
stored for RDF)

3 M/s Terrafirma 1000 Integrated system where

MTPD composting, vermi composting,
biomethanization is followed
4 M/s Organic Waste 1000 Integrated system
India pvt ltd (yet to MTPD (yet to commission)
start)

 The combination of technologies for processing of MSW attempted for

sustenance & viability.
 Generally around 30 to 40 percent of inert rejects which includes
recyclables are going to the scientific landfill.
 Attempt is being made to utilize all the recyclables
  Small quantity of Waste Plastic are segregated and used in the
construction of pavement roads.8% of Poly blend is mixed in the asphalt

 It is seen there is possibility of converting the plastics into diesel by

following depolymerization technology which is yet to be implemented
in large scale.

 Our aim is to adopt zero waste management or reduced the quantity of

inerts that goes to landfills by less than 10% by recycling other inerts
wherever possible.

Vehicle Tracking System using GPS

• To bring in accountability for the distance traveled by the vehicles
GPS/GPRS Based Tracking system is implemented.
• About 350 vehicles are fitted with the GPS

CCTV and Hand held device

• CCTV cameras have been installed at all the processing sites at the
entry and exit points to view the vehicles reached.
• Also a ticketing system using Hand Held Device, which collect the data
and send it to the central server for monitoring and analysis.
• The entire truck numbers and operation schedule is automatically down
loaded to the Hand Held device through GPRS

e-waste

 Bangalore being the silicon valley huge quantity of e-waste is generated.

 Recyclers identified by the KSPCB are managing the e-waste at large IT
companies.
 Today the e-waste is one of the rapidly growing environmental problems
 With extensive use of computers and other electronic equipments
coupled with increasing discarding habits, rapid technological change,
there is a significant increase in e-waste generation at the household
level and public sectors which has to be addressed.